costermonger的词源

英文词源

costermonger (n.)

1510s, "itinerant apple-seller" from coster (see costard) + monger. Sense extended from "apple-seller" to any salesman who plied his wares from a street-cart. Contemptuous use is from Shakespeare ("2 Henry IV"), but reason is unclear.

中文词源

costermonger：水果蔬菜小贩

coster, 来自costard, 大苹果。-monger, 贩子，词源同warmonger.

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